PRESIDENTS OF ARMENIA, RUSSIA MEET IN MOSCOW

armradio.am
19.01.2009 10:45

The Presidents of Armenia and Russian Serzh Sargsyan and Dmitry
Medvedev had a meeting in Moscow.

The two Presidents met following the international gas summit. The
President of Russian thanked his Armenian counterpart for accepting
the invitation and participating in the summit. The Presidents highly
appreciated the relations between the two countries, characterizing
those as reliable and corresponding to the Armenian-Russian strategic
partnership.

Dmitry Medvedev noted that the Armenian-Russian allied relations
are more comfortable than the complex issues discussed during the
gas summit.

President Sargsyan, in turn, attached importance to the cooperation
with Russia and "Gazprom" in the field of energy, assessing it as
reliable and grounded on long-term interests.

Serzh Sargsyan underlined that the consumption of gas has tripled
in Armenia over the past years, and with the level of gasification
Armenia is leading mot only in the CIS, but also the world, as a whole.

Presidents Sargsyan and Medvedev agreed that the frequent high-level
visits and meetings provide an opportunity to discuss and find
solutions to most complex issues.